{"id":60788,"date":"2022-08-24T14:53:16","date_gmt":"2022-08-24T18:53:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/?page_id=60788"},"modified":"2026-06-16T16:32:54","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T20:32:54","slug":"leadership","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/education\/residency\/leadership\/","title":{"rendered":"Leadership, Faculty, Staff"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_61233\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 834px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2022\/09\/IMG_9160-final-e1662734286767.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-61233\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2022\/09\/IMG_9160-final-e1662734286767-300x130.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"824\" height=\"357\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2022\/09\/IMG_9160-final-e1662734286767-300x130.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2022\/09\/IMG_9160-final-e1662734286767-1024x442.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2022\/09\/IMG_9160-final-e1662734286767-768x332.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2022\/09\/IMG_9160-final-e1662734286767-1536x663.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2022\/09\/IMG_9160-final-e1662734286767-2048x884.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2022\/09\/IMG_9160-final-e1662734286767-600x259.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2022\/09\/IMG_9160-final-e1662734286767-301x130.jpg 301w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 824px) 100vw, 824px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">The UNC family extends beyond residency. Many of our former residents build their careers at UNC, and in particular a huge percentage of our General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics faculty (above) is comprised of former UNC Chief Residents!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"panel panel-default oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n\n    <div id=\"panel-heading-details-0-0\" class=\"panel-heading oscitas-bootstrap-container\" role=\"tab\">\n\n        <h4 class=\"panel-title oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n\n            <button class=\"accordion-toggle oscitas-bootstrap-container collapsed\" \n                id = \"button-details-0-0\"\n                data-toggle=\"collapse\"\n                data-parent=\"#unc-accordion-0\"    \n                aria-controls=\"#details-0-0\"  \n                aria-expanded=\"false\" \n                href=\"#details-0-0\">\n                Residency Leadership            <\/button>\n\n        <\/h4>\n\n    <\/div>\n\n    <div id=\"details-0-0\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse  oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n\n        <div class=\"panel-body oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"image-left alignnone wp-image-42771 size-medium\" title=\"Deb Bynum, MD, MMEL, FACP\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2020\/06\/Dr.-Bynum-photo-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Deb Bynum, MD, MMEL, FACP\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2020\/06\/Dr.-Bynum-photo-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2020\/06\/Dr.-Bynum-photo-600x799.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2020\/06\/Dr.-Bynum-photo-301x401.jpg 301w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2020\/06\/Dr.-Bynum-photo.jpg 730w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Debra Bynum, MD, MMEL, FACP<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Vice Chair for\u00a0Education, Department of Medicine<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency Program<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Professor of Medicine<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Bynum is the Director for the Internal Medicine Residency Program at the University of North Carolina. Originally from eastern North Carolina, she was the first person in her family to attend college and graduated from Davidson in 1990 with a degree in Biology and a focus on ecology and marine biology. From there, she came to Chapel Hill for medical school and stayed at UNC for residency training. After completing a year as Chief Resident, she joined the faculty at WakeMed hospital where she worked in the clinic caring for Raleigh\u2019s underserved, attended on the inpatient service with UNC residents and students, and helped to found one of the first hospitalist programs in the area.<\/p>\n<p>After three years at WakeMed, she returned to UNC for further training as a fellow in the Geriatric Medicine program and was appointed to a faculty position in 2001. During the subsequent fourteen years, she held multiple leadership positions within the School of Medicine, the Department of Medicine, and the Geriatric Medicine Fellowship and Internal Medicine Residency programs. She directed the Acting Internship for senior students as well as co-directed the clinical skills course for second year students, served on the School of Medicine education committee, and helped to design, implement, and co-direct both a transition course for new third year students as well as a teaching elective for fourth year students. She served as the Program Director for the Geriatric Medicine Fellowship from 2008-2014 and was selected to lead the Internal Medicine residency program in May of 2014.<\/p>\n<p>She has received multiple teaching awards, has been recognized for her contributions to educational scholarship and mentorship by the Academy of Educators, and was honored with the Joseph M. Craver Medical Alumni Distinguished Professorship in 2012. With a commitment to a career as a medical educator, she recently completed the requirements to earn a Master of Science degree in Medical Education Leadership. With this background, Dr. Bynum has demonstrated a dedication to the program and department, experience in medical education for trainees at all levels, and a commitment to patients and learners.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6992 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2018\/12\/Kimel-Scott-Karen2-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"Karen Kimel-Scott, MD, FACP\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2018\/12\/Kimel-Scott-Karen2-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2018\/12\/Kimel-Scott-Karen2-731x1024.jpg 731w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2018\/12\/Kimel-Scott-Karen2-768x1075.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2018\/12\/Kimel-Scott-Karen2-1097x1536.jpg 1097w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2018\/12\/Kimel-Scott-Karen2-1463x2048.jpg 1463w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2018\/12\/Kimel-Scott-Karen2-600x840.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2018\/12\/Kimel-Scott-Karen2-301x421.jpg 301w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2018\/12\/Kimel-Scott-Karen2.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 214px) 100vw, 214px\" \/>Karen Kimel-Scott, MD, FACP<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Associate Program Director for Outpatient Medicine<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Assistant Professor of Medicine<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Kimel-Scott is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at UNC Chapel Hill. She serves as an Associate Program Director for Ambulatory Education for the Internal Medicine Residency and Assistant Medical Director of our outpatient Clinic Site at UNC Internal Medicine starting in 2019. She is a native of Western North Carolina from Waynesville, NC. She attended UNC-Chapel Hill for undergraduate education and has been a lifelong Tar Heel Fan. She earned her Doctorate of Medicine at East Carolina University Brody School of Medicine in 2013. She completed a General Internal Medicine residency with a focus on Women\u2019s Health and a Chief Resident year at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. She returned to NC in the fall of 2017 to join the faculty at UNC. Her academic interests include Medical Education, Advocacy and LGBTQ Health. She is happy to be back in NC with her wife and son. They enjoy Ultimate Frisbee and deep discussions about bingeing TV shows.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"image-left\" title=\"Mike Contarino, MD\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2018\/12\/mike-contarino-md.jpeg\" alt=\"Mike Contarino, MD\" width=\"150\" height=\"222\" \/>Mike Contarino, MD<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, Internal Medicine and Pediatrics<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Program Director, Internal Medicine and Pediatrics<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Contarino is an associate program director for the Internal Medicine Residency Program. He grew up on a small farm in Warrington, PA and graduated from Duke University in 1999 with a degree in biomedical and electrical engineering. From there, he spent four years as an officer in the United States Navy with the Civil Engineers Corps traveling and gaining leadership experience.<\/p>\n<p>After his navy career, Dr. Contarino returned to North Carolina to attend UNC School of Medicine, and completed his residency at UNC in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics. Following this, he joined the faculty at WakeMed as an internal medicine and pediatric hospitalist, focusing on resident and medical student education. Among other duties and volunteer activities, Dr. Contarino serves on the Hospital Ethics Committee, and chairs the Care Delivery Team for patient and family centered care. He has won several teaching awards throughout residency and his time as a hospitalist, including the Robert L Ney Award, Harvey J Hamrick Excellence in Teaching Award, and the WakeMed Faculty Teaching Award. He was named Associate Program Director in May 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Contarino has varied interests that range from travel and Spanish language, to skiing and college basketball. He most enjoys spending time with his wife and son.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"image-left\" title=\"J. Alex Duncan, MD, PhD, FIDSA\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2018\/12\/dr-j-alex-duncan.jpeg\" alt=\"J. Alex Duncan, MD, PhD, FIDSA\" width=\"225\" height=\"282\" \/>Joseph A. Duncan, MD, PhD, FIDSA<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Associate Program Director &#8211; Research<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Associate Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Program Director, Physician Scientist Training Program<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>After completing his MD\/PhD degrees at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dr. Duncan came to UNC to pursue training in Medicine and Infectious Diseases through the ABIM Research Pathway. During his training he was awarded the Pfizer Fellowship in Infectious Diseases and the Burroughs Wellcome Career Award for Medical Scientists before joining UNC as a faculty member in Infectious Diseases. Dr. Duncan\u2019s laboratory focuses on multiple aspects of immune signaling in generating protective responses to infectious diseases as well as the exploitation of host immune signaling pathways by successful pathogens during infection. Dr. Duncan is also an active Infectious Diseases clinician working on inpatient Infectious Diseases consult services at UNC. Dr. Duncan has a longstanding interest in physician scientist career development and served as the director of UNC\u2019s Infectious Diseases Training Program until July 2017. Dr. Duncan now serves as the director of the Department of Medicine\u2019s new Physician Scientist Training Program, which provides clinical and research training through the ABIM Research Pathway, and as the Associate Program Director of the Medicine Residency Program, where he is focusing on research training of residents.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Jennifer McEntee, MD, MPH, MA.Ed<a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2022\/08\/jen-mcentee.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-60831 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2022\/08\/jen-mcentee-251x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"251\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2022\/08\/jen-mcentee-251x300.jpg 251w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2022\/08\/jen-mcentee-857x1024.jpg 857w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2022\/08\/jen-mcentee-768x917.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2022\/08\/jen-mcentee-1286x1536.jpg 1286w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2022\/08\/jen-mcentee-600x717.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2022\/08\/jen-mcentee-301x360.jpg 301w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2022\/08\/jen-mcentee.jpg 1384w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 251px) 100vw, 251px\" \/><\/a><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Associate Program Director for Resident Professional Development<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Associate Professor Internal Medicine and Pediatrics<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Associate Professor Palliative Care and Hospice Medicine<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>An explorer and thrill seeker at her core, Dr. McEntee decided to take a risk and join the University of Notre Dame\u2019s ACE Program prior to entering medical school. Through this program, she loved teaching at a secondary school in Oklahoma City for two years and earned a Master\u2019s in Education through Notre Dame.\u00a0 She developed a passion for education and when she entered a joint MD\/MPH program at Tulane \u2013 she realized education and public health would be instrumental to her medical career. The Dean of Students at Tulane further allowed her to take a year of medical school between her first and second year of medical school to teach pedagogy at St. Joseph\u2019s Teacher\u2019s College in Moshi, Tanzania.\u00a0 She continues to be diligent in regards to including her educational passion in to her day-to-day work as an Internal Medicine Hospitalist and Palliative Care\/Hospice provider.<\/p>\n<p>She is extremely passionate and humbled by this new opportunity to join the IM program director leadership team as the Inpatient Associate Program Director for Internal Medicine.\u00a0 She is excited to work with Dr. Bynum and the chiefs to further promote educational scholarship while enhancing the objectives, evaluations, assessment of inpatient rotations. Her enthusiasm for international health and public health will also be channeled into further work with important stakeholders in continuing the work on building our global and public health presence regionally, domestically, and internationally.\u00a0 Her educational interests continue to include UNC\u2019s commitment to developing faculty as educators both through formal and informal processes while also developing a more robust evaluation and assessment plan for all learners that focuses on\u00a0 competency-based assessment using EPA\u2019s versus the traditional time- constant curricula,\u00a0 In addition, she hopes to continue to foster and build a sense of community\u00a0 at UNC which will further build resilience and life-long learning at all levels of learning.\u00a0\u00a0 She is proud to be a Tar Heel and is grateful for the opportunity to serve our community in this way.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2022\/08\/21ED146A-93E8-4488-B930-B6877F7B349E_4_5005_c.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-60889 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2022\/08\/21ED146A-93E8-4488-B930-B6877F7B349E_4_5005_c.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"179\" height=\"265\" \/><\/a>Adam Creech, MD<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Associate Program Director- WakeMed<br \/>\nHospitalist at WakeMed<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I am the associate program director for the Internal Medicine Residency program at WakeMed.\u00a0 I grew up in Rocky Mount, NC and graduated from NC State with a bachelor\u2019s degree in biochemistry.\u00a0 I attended medical school and Internal Medicine Residency at UNC.\u00a0 After completing residency I joined WakeMed as a hospitalist and took over the APD position in 2018.\u00a0 I have interest in undergraduate and graduate medical education, palliative care and community health.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Aaron F<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-34654 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2019\/06\/Aaron-Fried-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"Aaron Fried, MD, MBA\" width=\"175\" height=\"245\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2019\/06\/Aaron-Fried-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2019\/06\/Aaron-Fried-301x421.jpg 301w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2019\/06\/Aaron-Fried.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 175px) 100vw, 175px\" \/>ried, MD, MBA<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Associate Program Director of Inpatient Services <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Fried is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at UNC and the Associate Program Director of Inpatient Services for the Internal Medicine Residency Program. He graduated from Creighton University\u2019s dual MD\/MBA program in 2019 and came to UNC for his residency training in Internal Medicine where he was awarded the Ontjes Award for scholarly excellence and commitment to the service of others. He served as Inpatient Chief Resident before joining the UNC faculty in the Division of Hospital Medicine.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Fried has a passion for medical education and an interest in healthcare systems innovation, process improvement, and quality improvement. He is the faculty lead for one of the general medicine inpatient teaching services and has co-led the development and implementation of new teaching services at UNC. He most enjoys his time attending on the inpatient wards, medicine consult team, and the Same Day Clinic as well as partnering with and mentoring residents and chief residents through change initiatives. Outside of work, Dr. Fried is an amateur artist and hobbyist. He loves basketball, golf, and exploring the Triangle with his wife and three children.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-67525 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2024\/05\/IMG_1392-2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"153\" height=\"215\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2024\/05\/IMG_1392-2.jpeg 1463w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2024\/05\/IMG_1392-2-214x300.jpeg 214w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2024\/05\/IMG_1392-2-732x1024.jpeg 732w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2024\/05\/IMG_1392-2-768x1075.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2024\/05\/IMG_1392-2-1097x1536.jpeg 1097w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2024\/05\/IMG_1392-2-600x840.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2024\/05\/IMG_1392-2-301x421.jpeg 301w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 153px) 100vw, 153px\" \/>Portia Nleya, MD, MPH<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Associate Program Director of Recruitment<\/strong><\/p>\n<div>Dr. Portia Nleya is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine at UNC and the Associate Program Director for Recruitment in the Internal Medicine Residency Program. A proud \u201cUNC lifer,\u201d she completed her undergraduate, medical school, residency, and chief residency at UNC, and earned her MPH in Epidemiology from Indiana University.<\/div>\n<div>She was honored with the Kaiser Permanente Award for teaching and the Ontjes Award for scholarly excellence and service. Her academic interests include medical education, outpatient medicine, and advancing medical equity. She enjoys working as a clinic team lead and attending on the wards, mentoring residents and fostering inclusive learning environments.<\/div>\n<div>Outside of work, she enjoys playing guitar, being a foodie, Netflix, and spending time with loved ones.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n        \n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"panel panel-default oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n\n    <div id=\"panel-heading-details-0-1\" class=\"panel-heading oscitas-bootstrap-container\" role=\"tab\">\n\n        <h4 class=\"panel-title oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n\n            <button class=\"accordion-toggle oscitas-bootstrap-container collapsed\" \n                id = \"button-details-0-1\"\n                data-toggle=\"collapse\"\n                data-parent=\"#unc-accordion-0\"    \n                aria-controls=\"#details-0-1\"  \n                aria-expanded=\"false\" \n                href=\"#details-0-1\">\n                Department Leadership            <\/button>\n\n        <\/h4>\n\n    <\/div>\n\n    <div id=\"details-0-1\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse  oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n\n        <div class=\"panel-body oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6980 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2018\/12\/DeWalt-Darren3-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2018\/12\/DeWalt-Darren3-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2018\/12\/DeWalt-Darren3-731x1024.jpg 731w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2018\/12\/DeWalt-Darren3-768x1075.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2018\/12\/DeWalt-Darren3-1097x1536.jpg 1097w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2018\/12\/DeWalt-Darren3-1463x2048.jpg 1463w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2018\/12\/DeWalt-Darren3-600x840.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2018\/12\/DeWalt-Darren3-301x421.jpg 301w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2018\/12\/DeWalt-Darren3.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 214px) 100vw, 214px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Darren DeWalt, MD, MPH<\/h2>\n<p><strong>John R. and Helen B. Chambliss Distinguished Professor<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Chairman, Department of Medicine<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dr. <span class=\"outlook-search-highlight\" data-markjs=\"true\">DeWalt<\/span> was appointed Chair of the University of North Carolina Department of Medicine in July 2025 after serving as Chief of the Division of General Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology, as well as Director of the UNC Institute for Healthcare Quality Improvement.<\/p>\n<p>He is nationally recognized for his work in quality improvement and research addressing disparities related to social determinants of health. Dr. <span class=\"outlook-search-highlight\" data-markjs=\"true\">DeWalt<\/span> was the principal investigator for the North Carolina Infrastructure for Maintaining Primary Care Transformation (NC IMPaCT) grant from AHRQ. NC IMPaCT led to North Carolina\u2019s participation in Heart Health Now and Stop Unhealthy Alcohol Use Now (both AHRQ R18s) for which he has served supporting roles.<\/p>\n<p>Recently, Dr. <span class=\"outlook-search-highlight\" data-markjs=\"true\">DeWalt<\/span> completed a clinical trial to test different ways of addressing food insecurity and to understand how such strategies affect health and health care. He also designs and tests self-management interventions for patients with low literacy and chronic diseases such as diabetes, heart failure, COPD, and asthma. His work focuses on improving patient\u2013physician communication and health system design to achieve better outcomes for vulnerable populations.<\/p>\n<p>From 2014 to 2016, Dr. <span class=\"outlook-search-highlight\" data-markjs=\"true\">DeWalt<\/span> served as Director of the Learning and Diffusion Group at the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, where he led efforts to design and support improvement across new care models, advanced alternative payment models through the Health Care Payment Learning and Action Network and co-led the Transforming Clinical Practice Initiative. At UNC, he was principal investigator for the Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS), developing tools to measure symptoms, function, and quality of life.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"image-left alignnone wp-image-42771 size-medium\" title=\"Deb Bynum, MD, MMEL, FACP\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2020\/06\/Dr.-Bynum-photo-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Deb Bynum, MD, MMEL, FACP\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2020\/06\/Dr.-Bynum-photo-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2020\/06\/Dr.-Bynum-photo-600x799.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2020\/06\/Dr.-Bynum-photo-301x401.jpg 301w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2020\/06\/Dr.-Bynum-photo.jpg 730w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Debra Bynum, MD, MMEL, FACP<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Vice Chair for\u00a0Education, Department of Medicine<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency Program<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Professor of Medicine<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Bynum is the Director for the Internal Medicine Residency Program at the University of North Carolina. Originally from eastern North Carolina, she was the first person in her family to attend college and graduated from Davidson in 1990 with a degree in Biology and a focus on ecology and marine biology. From there, she came to Chapel Hill for medical school and stayed at UNC for residency training. After completing a year as Chief Resident, she joined the faculty at WakeMed hospital where she worked in the clinic caring for Raleigh\u2019s underserved, attended on the inpatient service with UNC residents and students, and helped to found one of the first hospitalist programs in the area.<\/p>\n<p>After three years at WakeMed, she returned to UNC for further training as a fellow in the Geriatric Medicine program and was appointed to a faculty position in 2001. During the subsequent fourteen years, she held multiple leadership positions within the School of Medicine, the Department of Medicine, and the Geriatric Medicine Fellowship and Internal Medicine Residency programs. She directed the Acting Internship for senior students as well as co-directed the clinical skills course for second year students, served on the School of Medicine education committee, and helped to design, implement, and co-direct both a transition course for new third year students as well as a teaching elective for fourth year students. She served as the Program Director for the Geriatric Medicine Fellowship from 2008-2014 and was selected to lead the Internal Medicine residency program in May of 2014.<\/p>\n<p>She has received multiple teaching awards, has been recognized for her contributions to educational scholarship and mentorship by the Academy of Educators, and was honored with the Joseph M. Craver Medical Alumni Distinguished Professorship in 2012. With a commitment to a career as a medical educator, she recently completed the requirements to earn a Master of Science degree in Medical Education Leadership. With this background, Dr. Bynum has demonstrated a dedication to the program and department, experience in medical education for trainees at all levels, and a commitment to patients and learners.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"image-left\" title=\"Cristin Colford, MD, FACP\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2018\/12\/cristin-colford.jpeg\" alt=\"Cristin Colford, MD, FACP\" width=\"225\" height=\"338\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Cristin Colford, MD, FACP<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Vice Chair for Clinical Services, Department of Medicine<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Professor of Medicine<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Colford is an experienced medical educator who has been at the University of North Carolina since 1997. She has served as clerkship director, course director for the clinical skills course, and is now the Section Chief for Clinical Practice and Education for the division of General Internal Medicine, and as an Associate Program Director for the residency program. She is experienced in curriculum development and learner assessments. Dr. Colford is currently spearheading the conversion to entrustable professional activities (EPAs) as the primary assessment tool for medical students and residents. She is active in medical education research and practice quality improvement. As a mother of two, she is a great role model for mothers and fathers interested in a career in primary care or academic general internal medicine.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"image-left alignnone wp-image-7185 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2018\/12\/geraldhladik.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"188\" height=\"250\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Gerald Hladik, MD<\/h2>\n<p>Doc J. Thurston Distinguished Professor of Medicine<br \/>\nVice Chair of Faculty Affairs, Department of Medicine<\/p>\n<div class=\"elementToProof\">Dr. Gerald Hladik is the Doc J. Thurston Distinguished Professor of Medicine and Vice Chair for Faculty Affairs in the UNC Department of Medicine. He is committed to advancing faculty careers through promotion, mentorship, team-building initiatives, and addressing burnout. Dr. Hladik works as liaison between the department and the SOM Faculty Affairs and Leadership Development team to facilitate the appointment and promotion processes, ensuring they are transparent and effective in supporting faculty success. He places a strong emphasis on recognizing and celebrating the remarkable accomplishments of faculty.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"elementToProof\">Dr. Hladik completed his medical residency and nephrology fellowship at UNC, later serving as Chief of the UNC Division of Nephrology and Hypertension. Under his leadership, the division saw significant growth in both clinical and research programs. Notable developments include the expansion of multidisciplinary clinics, such as the Amyloidosis Clinic, the Nephrology-Maternal Fetal Medicine Clinic, as well as the Multidisciplinary Vasculitis and Glomerular Disease and Transplant programs.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"elementToProof\">Previously, Dr. Hladik served as the Education Director for Maintenance of Certification for the American Society of Nephrology (ASN), where he co-edited and created the Kidney Self-Assessment Program and co-edited the Nephrology Self-Assessment Program, leading Maintenance of Certification resources for ASN members.<\/div>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_56984\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 180px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-56984 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2021\/11\/profile-photo-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Spencer Dorn, MD, MPH, MHA-achieving-distant-presence\" width=\"170\" height=\"255\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2021\/11\/profile-photo-scaled.jpg 1707w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2021\/11\/profile-photo-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2021\/11\/profile-photo-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2021\/11\/profile-photo-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2021\/11\/profile-photo-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2021\/11\/profile-photo-1366x2048.jpg 1366w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2021\/11\/profile-photo-600x900.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2021\/11\/profile-photo-301x451.jpg 301w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 170px) 100vw, 170px\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Spencer Dorn, MD, MPH, MHA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Spencer Dorn, MD, MPH, MHA<\/h2>\n<p>Professor of Medicine<br \/>\nVice Chair for Care Innovation, Department of Medicine<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Spencer Dorn arrived at UNC as a fellow in 2005, joined faculty in 2009, was appointed Vice Chief of Gastroenterology &amp; Hepatology in 2012, and Vice Chair of Medicine for Care Innovation in 2019. In his current role, he focuses on enhancing existing care processes and models \u2013 while developing new ones \u2013 that support the department\u2019s 600-plus physicians and advanced practice providers and that better meet the needs of the various patient populations they serve.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Dorn\u2019s clinical practice focuses on functional GI and motility disorders, for which he has served as an investigator on numerous clinical trials, co-authored national practice guidelines, and has been consistently named to the list of Best Doctors in America. He is an experienced physician administrator who previously led and managed one of the nation\u2019s premier academic gastroenterology practices. He broadly understands the forces shaping healthcare, serving on national gastroenterology practice committees, and frequently presenting and publishing on healthcare delivery.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Dorn received his undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan, his medical degree from the State University of New York at Brooklyn, and his Masters of Public Health and Masters of Health Care Administration from the UNC School of Public Health. He trained in internal medicine at Brigham and Women\u2019s Hospital and gastroenterology at UNC.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-50356 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2021\/03\/Rubin-headshot-Margaret-Martin.png\" alt=\"Rubin-headshot-Margaret-Martin\" width=\"213\" height=\"179\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2021\/03\/Rubin-headshot-Margaret-Martin.png 368w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2021\/03\/Rubin-headshot-Margaret-Martin-300x252.png 300w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2021\/03\/Rubin-headshot-Margaret-Martin-301x253.png 301w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 213px) 100vw, 213px\" \/>Janet Rubin, MD<\/h2>\n<p>Sarah Graham Kenan Distinguished Professor of Medicine<br \/>\nVice Chair for Research, Department of Medicine<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Rubin became the Vice-Chair for Research in the Department of Medicine in 2015. She brings over 30 years of experience in funded research, NIH and VA grant review and junior faculty development to this position. A longstanding interest in mentoring young investigators toward independent research careers has been critical to her new initiatives as Vice-Chair. These include the Physician-Scientist Development Pathway, the recruitment of new physician scientists to the DOM, outreach to the DOM\u2019s many K-grant holders, and involvement in UNC\u2019s successful MSTP program. Along with Alex Duncan, she developed and teaches the highly successful R-grant writing group.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Rubin\u2019s NIH funded laboratory investigates how physical factors regulate mesenchymal stem cell differentiation. Recent findings include that the nuclear envelope is a mechano-sensory site, and that intranuclear actin regulates osteogenesis. These studies use cellular techniques as well as a running mouse model.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Rubin practices endocrinology as a member of the Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism. She has adjunct appointments in Bioengineering, Pharmacology and Pediatrics. Dr. Rubin\u2019s family is committed to UNC Medicine: her husband is a member of the Cardiology Division, her daughter is an Endocrinology fellow, and her son-in-law is a Nephrology fellow.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n        \n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"panel panel-default oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n\n    <div id=\"panel-heading-details-0-2\" class=\"panel-heading oscitas-bootstrap-container\" role=\"tab\">\n\n        <h4 class=\"panel-title oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n\n            <button class=\"accordion-toggle oscitas-bootstrap-container collapsed\" \n                id = \"button-details-0-2\"\n                data-toggle=\"collapse\"\n                data-parent=\"#unc-accordion-0\"    \n                aria-controls=\"#details-0-2\"  \n                aria-expanded=\"false\" \n                href=\"#details-0-2\">\n                Core Faculty            <\/button>\n\n        <\/h4>\n\n    <\/div>\n\n    <div id=\"details-0-2\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse  oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n\n        <div class=\"panel-body oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-65361 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2022\/11\/bonner-ryan-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"158\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2022\/11\/bonner-ryan-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2022\/11\/bonner-ryan-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2022\/11\/bonner-ryan-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2022\/11\/bonner-ryan-1229x1536.jpg 1229w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2022\/11\/bonner-ryan-600x750.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2022\/11\/bonner-ryan-301x376.jpg 301w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2022\/11\/bonner-ryan.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 158px) 100vw, 158px\" \/>Ryan Bonner, MD<\/h2>\n<div>\n<p>Dr. Bonner grew up in Massachusetts and studied biology and human development at Boston College. Following a one year stint with Americorps, he attended Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine and subsequently returned to Massachusetts for residency and chief residency at Boston Medical Center and the Boston VA. He completed nephrology fellowship at UNC and has continued on as a clinical educator and huge physiology nerd in the Division of Nephrology and Hypertension.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6929 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2018\/12\/Dancel-scaled-e1651683238236-195x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"195\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2018\/12\/Dancel-scaled-e1651683238236-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2018\/12\/Dancel-scaled-e1651683238236-664x1024.jpg 664w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2018\/12\/Dancel-scaled-e1651683238236-768x1184.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2018\/12\/Dancel-scaled-e1651683238236-996x1536.jpg 996w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2018\/12\/Dancel-scaled-e1651683238236-1328x2048.jpg 1328w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2018\/12\/Dancel-scaled-e1651683238236-600x925.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2018\/12\/Dancel-scaled-e1651683238236-301x464.jpg 301w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2018\/12\/Dancel-scaled-e1651683238236.jpg 1606w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Ria Dancel, MD, FACP, SFHM, FAAP<\/h2>\n<p>Dr. Dancel is a Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics in the Division of Hospital Medicine and the Associate Program Director for the Medicine-Pediatrics Residency Program. She created and has directed the Medicine Procedure Service since its inception in 2014. She also created the point of care ultrasound (POCUS) elective curriculum and co-directs the required intern POCUS longitudinal curriculum for the Department of Medicine. She is on the steering committee for the Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM) &#8211; American College of Chest Physicians (CHEST) POCUS certificate of completion program and also serves on the Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine POCUS working group. She has directed and has been invited to serve as faculty for POCUS workshops and conferences nationally and internationally. Her focus of clinical research and quality improvement is in the use of POCUS in advancing diagnostic and procedural medicine.<\/p>\n<p>Having been born in the Philippines and raised as an Army brat, Dr. Dancel decided to put down roots in Chapel Hill when she was accepted to UNC undergrad. She is a triple Tarheel, having stayed for medical school and med-peds residency. She lives in Chapel Hill with her husband, a nephrologist, and their bulldog. She enjoys spending time with her 8 godchildren, traveling, eating, reading, and spending time in her pollinator garden.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-52887 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2015\/07\/Finn2-193x300.jpg\" alt=\"Erin Finn MD\" width=\"181\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2015\/07\/Finn2-193x300.jpg 193w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2015\/07\/Finn2-659x1024.jpg 659w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2015\/07\/Finn2-768x1193.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2015\/07\/Finn2-988x1536.jpg 988w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2015\/07\/Finn2-1318x2048.jpg 1318w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2015\/07\/Finn2-600x932.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2015\/07\/Finn2-301x468.jpg 301w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2015\/07\/Finn2-scaled.jpg 1647w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 181px) 100vw, 181px\" \/>Erin Finn, MD<\/h2>\n<p>Dr. Erin Finn is an Assistant Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics at UNC in the division of Hospital Medicine. She earned a B.A. in Molecular Biology from Colgate University and a medical degree from the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry.<\/p>\n<p>She completed her residency in internal medicine and pediatrics as well as a chief year at UNC. She subsequently completed a point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) fellowship under the direction of Dr. Ria Dancel, also obtaining a certificate of completion in POCUS from the Society of Hospital Medicine and CHEST. She is passionate about teaching POCUS to the pediatrics, med peds, and medicine residents at UNC, and helped create and co-directs the longitudinal POCUS curriculum for the UNC internal medicine residents. She also helps lead a 2-week intensive POCUS elective for multiple residency programs at UNC and helps train multiple groups of fellows in procedural and diagnostic POCUS. She is passionate about ultrasound-guided procedures and is an attending on the medicine procedure service. She has been a POCUS instructor at the national level through CHEST, SHM, and the Children\u2019s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and has been a speaker at multiple national conferences on this topic.<\/p>\n<p>She lives with her husband, George, who is a family medicine-trained geriatrician and palliative care doctor, her daughter, Mia, her dogs, Tully and Seamus, and cats, Rhea and Penelope. She loves to run, play squash and volleyball, and is learning to swim so she can hopefully try her hand at triathlons.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-53583 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2021\/05\/Fuller-245x300.jpg\" alt=\"Jessica Fuller MD\" width=\"245\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2021\/05\/Fuller-245x300.jpg 245w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2021\/05\/Fuller-838x1024.jpg 838w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2021\/05\/Fuller-768x939.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2021\/05\/Fuller-1256x1536.jpg 1256w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2021\/05\/Fuller-1675x2048.jpg 1675w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2021\/05\/Fuller-600x734.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2021\/05\/Fuller-301x368.jpg 301w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2021\/05\/Fuller.jpg 1990w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 245px) 100vw, 245px\" \/>Jessica Fuller, MD<\/h2>\n<p><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Dr. Jessica Fuller is an Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Hospital Medicine.\u00a0 She studied biology, chemistry, and marine sciences at UNC-Chapel Hill as an undergraduate, then obtained a medical degree from the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine (close to her childhood home in Montgomery, AL).\u00a0 She completed her residency in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center\/Cincinnati Children\u2019s Hospital Medical Center and worked as a Med-Peds hospitalist for 4 years at the University of California, San Francisco before transitioning to a position as an adult hospitalist at UNC in 2021.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>She is passionate about medical education and is specifically interested in how to optimize the clinical learning environment and how to develop lifelong learning strategies at all levels of expertise.\u00a0 She serves as the Co-director of the Case-Based Learning (CBL) curriculum for the School of Medicine Foundation Phase.\u00a0 She has a strong interest in integrating high fidelity simulation into medical education, and she created and leads an interdisciplinary longitudinal rapid response simulation curriculum for IM and Med-Peds interns with plans to expand to simulation code training for all residents.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Fuller lives in Chapel Hill with her husband, two sons, and a geriatric dog.\u00a0 In her free time, she loves being outside, hiking, gardening, reading, and teaching her two little boys about all things science\/nature<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-29640 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2019\/04\/Kim_Mournighan.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"129\" height=\"180\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Kimberly Mournighan, MD<\/h2>\n<p>Kim Mournighan is originally from Florida, and studied theology before embarking on a medical career. She completed her medical training, residency, and geriatrics fellowship at the University of North Carolina. For Kim, a career in geriatrics is a profound opportunity to journey alongside patients as they navigate complex medical issues and face significant life transitions. Her work integrates clinical care with research and quality improvement, with a particular focus on managing cognitive impairment and dementia. Additionally, Kim is dedicated to education, mentoring medical students, residents, and geriatric fellows to enhance communication skills and cultivate a deeper interest in caring for this growing and vulnerable population. You can often find her out hiking trails, kayaking at Jordan Lake, knitting in a cozy chair, or discovering new food trucks with her partner who is a public school teacher and their two adorable children.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/im\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1320\/2023\/07\/Alfred-Rabinovich.jpeg\" width=\"182\" height=\"235\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Alfred Rabinovich MD, MS<\/h2>\n<p>Alfred Rabinovich is an Assistant Professor in the Division of General Internal Medicine.<\/p>\n<p>He is originally from Rochester, New York (Go Bills!), but escaped the snow to attend medical school at Eastern Virginia Medical School. He completed residency and chief residency at Wake Forest University School of Medicine.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Rabinovich is involved in both resident and medical student education and is passionate about the role of primary care in medicine. He helps lead the Primary Care Concentration within the Internal Medicine Residency Program and teaches in the Patient Centered Care course at UNC SOM. His clinical interests include primary care for older adults and the delivery of patient-centered care to patients with complex healthcare needs.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Rabinovich lives in Cary with his wife, son and two dogs. Outside of work he enjoys cooking, exploring the Triangle with his family and spending time near any body of water.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-67470 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2024\/05\/Reyes-301x421-1-214x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"162\" height=\"227\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2024\/05\/Reyes-301x421-1-214x300.jpeg 214w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2024\/05\/Reyes-301x421-1.jpeg 301w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 162px) 100vw, 162px\" \/>Raquel Reyes, MD, MPA<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Co-Director of the Inpatient Medicine core clerkship\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Reyes is an Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Hospital Medicine and works closely with students and residents in her role as co-Director of the Inpatient Medicine core clerkship. Originally from rural Texas, Dr. Reyes is the first and only physician in her family. Dr. Reyes earned her B.A. in English from Harvard College, a Master\u2019s in Public Administration from the Harvard Kennedy School, and M.D. from Harvard Medical School. She completed combined residency training in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH).<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Reyes pursued various health policy projects and clinical experiences in international settings during her formal education and residency training. After completing residency, she served as MGH\u2019s first Site Director for the global residency program in Uganda. In this role she served as attending physician, clinical preceptor, and instructor in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, supervising and mentoring MGH and Ugandan medical students and residents in clinical care and scholarly projects.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Reyes moved to Chapel Hill in 2015 with her husband, Dr. Ross Boyce, to start their family. At UNC, she has served as a student and resident preceptor and mentor in multiple clinical and course-based environments, across all phases of medical education. Dr. Reyes served as an Associate Program Director for the Med-Peds residency program and co-led the development of a Global Health Pathway for residents. She continues to mentor students and residents interested in global health. In addition to her GME roles, Dr. Reyes serves as a tutor and facilitator for first- and second-year medical students, co-Director of the core medicine inpatient clerkship for third years and is active in multiple curricular committees at the school of medicine. She enjoys working with the residency program on all things related to \u201cresidents as educators,\u201d and issues that relate to and impact the UME to GME medical education continuum.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_47196\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 165px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-47196\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2020\/10\/tamara-saint-surin-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"tamara-saint-surin\" width=\"155\" height=\"233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2020\/10\/tamara-saint-surin-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2020\/10\/tamara-saint-surin-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2020\/10\/tamara-saint-surin-768x1151.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2020\/10\/tamara-saint-surin-1025x1536.jpg 1025w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2020\/10\/tamara-saint-surin-1366x2048.jpg 1366w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2020\/10\/tamara-saint-surin-600x899.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2020\/10\/tamara-saint-surin-301x451.jpg 301w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2020\/10\/tamara-saint-surin-scaled.jpg 1708w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 155px) 100vw, 155px\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Tamara Saint-Surin, MD<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Tamara Godfrey, MD<\/h2>\n<p>Dr. Godfrey is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at UNC Chapel Hill. She is one of the core faculty members for the IM residency program. Her family is originally from Haiti but she grew up in Fairfax, Virginia. She earned her undergraduate and medical degrees at the University of Virginia (wahoowa!). She completed her Internal Medicine residency at Duke University, and joined the faculty at UNC in the Fall of 2020. Clinically she does a mix of outpatient, inpatient, and medical school teaching. Her academic interests include health equity, medical education, and diversity &amp; inclusion. She lives in Durham with her husband, son, and two dogs. In her free time she loves traveling, going to concerts, reading, and spending time with loved ones.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n        \n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"panel panel-default oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n\n    <div id=\"panel-heading-details-0-3\" class=\"panel-heading oscitas-bootstrap-container\" role=\"tab\">\n\n        <h4 class=\"panel-title oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n\n            <button class=\"accordion-toggle oscitas-bootstrap-container collapsed\" \n                id = \"button-details-0-3\"\n                data-toggle=\"collapse\"\n                data-parent=\"#unc-accordion-0\"    \n                aria-controls=\"#details-0-3\"  \n                aria-expanded=\"false\" \n                href=\"#details-0-3\">\n                Program Staff            <\/button>\n\n        <\/h4>\n\n    <\/div>\n\n    <div id=\"details-0-3\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse  oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n\n        <div class=\"panel-body oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-60955 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2022\/09\/3592D1EF-8431-4D5B-B64E-11FCAAEAC9EE-200x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2022\/09\/3592D1EF-8431-4D5B-B64E-11FCAAEAC9EE-200x300.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2022\/09\/3592D1EF-8431-4D5B-B64E-11FCAAEAC9EE-682x1024.jpeg 682w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2022\/09\/3592D1EF-8431-4D5B-B64E-11FCAAEAC9EE-768x1154.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2022\/09\/3592D1EF-8431-4D5B-B64E-11FCAAEAC9EE-1022x1536.jpeg 1022w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2022\/09\/3592D1EF-8431-4D5B-B64E-11FCAAEAC9EE-1363x2048.jpeg 1363w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2022\/09\/3592D1EF-8431-4D5B-B64E-11FCAAEAC9EE-600x901.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2022\/09\/3592D1EF-8431-4D5B-B64E-11FCAAEAC9EE-301x452.jpeg 301w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2022\/09\/3592D1EF-8431-4D5B-B64E-11FCAAEAC9EE-scaled.jpeg 1704w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>Julie Golding<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Program Administrator &#8211; Internal Medicine Residency Program<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"searchHighlight\">Julie<\/span> is a \u201cCarolina-lifer\u201d having completed her undergraduate degree in Health Policy and Management from UNC\u2019s Gillings School of Global Health in 2009, then working with UNC medical students for 12 years, and now working as the Program Administrator for UNC\u2019s Internal Medicine Residency Program. She was born in Cameroon, Africa, into a missionary family, and grew up between Cameroon and Waxhaw, NC. Growing up overseas instilled a love for travel and culture, whether stateside or overseas. Her other joys in life are reading, volleyball, live music, a great cup of coffee, and spending time with her sweet pup, Bonnie.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-69886 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2025\/09\/Graduation-pic-for-website-bio-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"151\" height=\"254\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2025\/09\/Graduation-pic-for-website-bio-scaled.jpg 1519w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2025\/09\/Graduation-pic-for-website-bio-178x300.jpg 178w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2025\/09\/Graduation-pic-for-website-bio-608x1024.jpg 608w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2025\/09\/Graduation-pic-for-website-bio-768x1294.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2025\/09\/Graduation-pic-for-website-bio-912x1536.jpg 912w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2025\/09\/Graduation-pic-for-website-bio-1215x2048.jpg 1215w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2025\/09\/Graduation-pic-for-website-bio-600x1011.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2025\/09\/Graduation-pic-for-website-bio-301x507.jpg 301w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 151px) 100vw, 151px\" \/>Tatiyana Brown (Tati)<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Program Coordinator-Internal Medicine Residency Program<\/strong><\/p>\n<div data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">\n<p>Tati was born in Miami, Florida into a family of educators. She attended Florida International University, majored in Psychology, and completed two minors in Criminal Justice and Business Administration. While working her first job in college, she maintained her presence on campus, including the Dean\u2019s List and in Psi Chi. She always knew she would be in the business of helping people, however life saw fit. She was known throughout her academic career as a confidant and someone people trust with their problems. This experience and trust navigated her professional career as well, resulting in early leadership and managerial roles. Eventually, her heart and passion for people led her and her partner to Raleigh, NC as managers at a senior living community, then as a Business Office manager for a memory care facility in Durham. Now she has found where she feels like she can shine behind the scenes, while still receiving that same level trust from her team. When she\u2019s not working, you can find Tati at comedy shows, watching horror movies, at the gym or visiting family and friends in Florida. Her secret talent: graphic design (she\u2019s self-taught).<\/p>\n<p><i>\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n        \n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"panel panel-default oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n\n    <div id=\"panel-heading-details-0-4\" class=\"panel-heading oscitas-bootstrap-container\" role=\"tab\">\n\n        <h4 class=\"panel-title oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n\n            <button class=\"accordion-toggle oscitas-bootstrap-container collapsed\" \n                id = \"button-details-0-4\"\n                data-toggle=\"collapse\"\n                data-parent=\"#unc-accordion-0\"    \n                aria-controls=\"#details-0-4\"  \n                aria-expanded=\"false\" \n                href=\"#details-0-4\">\n                Chief Residents            <\/button>\n\n        <\/h4>\n\n    <\/div>\n\n    <div id=\"details-0-4\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse  oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n\n        <div class=\"panel-body oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-70850 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2026\/06\/Walking_3-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"2026-2027-Chief-Resident Group-Walking\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2026\/06\/Walking_3-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2026\/06\/Walking_3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2026\/06\/Walking_3-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2026\/06\/Walking_3-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2026\/06\/Walking_3-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2026\/06\/Walking_3-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2026\/06\/Walking_3-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2026\/06\/Walking_3-301x201.jpg 301w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-70851\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2026\/06\/IMG_2782-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Elizabeth-Szumel\" width=\"240\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2026\/06\/IMG_2782-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2026\/06\/IMG_2782-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2026\/06\/IMG_2782-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2026\/06\/IMG_2782-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2026\/06\/IMG_2782-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2026\/06\/IMG_2782-301x401.jpg 301w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2026\/06\/IMG_2782-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Elizabeth Szumel, MD<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Inpatient Chief Resident\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dr. Elizabeth Szumel is originally from Charlotte, North Carolina and attended Williams College for her bachelor&#8217;s degree majoring in Biology with a concentration in Science and Technology Studies. She attended medical school at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill and completed her residency at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill in Internal Medicine and now serves as one of the inpatient chief residents. Following her chief year, she plans to pursue pulmonary critical care. Elizabeth enjoys needlepoint, spending time with her husband and her cat Henry, and trying all the pizza in the Triangle.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-70853\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2026\/06\/IMG_2794-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Olivia-Hardy\" width=\"240\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2026\/06\/IMG_2794-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2026\/06\/IMG_2794-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2026\/06\/IMG_2794-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2026\/06\/IMG_2794-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2026\/06\/IMG_2794-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2026\/06\/IMG_2794-301x401.jpg 301w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2026\/06\/IMG_2794-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><span style=\"color: inherit\">Olivia Hardy, MD<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Medicine-Pediatrics\u00a0Chief Resident\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"elementToProof\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dr. Olivia Hardy is originally from a small town in central Pennsylvania. She graduated from Cornell University where she majored in Human Biology, Health, and Society. She then spent one year living and working in Boston prior to medical school at the University of South Florida in Tampa. Her Internal Medicine and Pediatrics residency brought her to UNC where she quickly felt at home within the highly collaborative culture and amongst mentors who shared a passion for medical education.\u00a0 She will now serve as the Med-Peds chief and couldn&#8217;t be more excited by the opportunity. Her longer term career plans include working as a combined Med-Peds hospitalist and continuing to work closely with residents and medical students.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Outside of medicine, Olivia enjoys spending time with her fianc\u00e9e exploring the many local coffee shops and excellent restaurants the Triangle has to offer, supporting local sports teams, and getting outside in any way that she can.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-70841\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2026\/06\/Brian-3-225x300.png\" alt=\"Brian-Wood\" width=\"240\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2026\/06\/Brian-3-225x300.png 225w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2026\/06\/Brian-3-768x1024.png 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2026\/06\/Brian-3-1152x1536.png 1152w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2026\/06\/Brian-3-1536x2048.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2026\/06\/Brian-3-scaled.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/h2>\n<h3>Brian Wood, MD<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Outpatient Chief Resident<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Brian grew up in Greensboro, North Carolina and attended Davidson College (Go &#8216;Cats!), where he majored in history and completed an honors thesis on the desegregation of medicine in North Carolina. He also volunteered as a bedside aide at a hospice facility, which inspired him to spend a gap year working at the Carolinas Center for Hospice and End of Life Care on an advance care planning grant project. During medical school at UNC-Chapel Hill, he served as Care Management director at SHAC, UNC\u2019s student-run free clinic, and studied the effects of aging on genotype-guided selection of P2Y12 inhibitors after PCI through the National Institute on Aging\u2019s Medical Student in Aging Research (MSTAR) program. During residency, he has further studied discharge medication communication on the geriatrics unit, documentation of hearing loss in the EHR, and caregiver burden for families of people living with dementia. He also has been involved in medical education, revising the residency&#8217;s curriculum on depression management and co-creating new teaching tools for goals of care feedback. He plans to pursue advanced training in geriatrics and palliative care. Outside of work, he enjoys playing basketball and pickleball, history, ASL, trivia, gardening, cooking, and birdwatching<\/span>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-70856\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2026\/06\/IMG_2807-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Gus-Hendrick\" width=\"240\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2026\/06\/IMG_2807-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2026\/06\/IMG_2807-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2026\/06\/IMG_2807-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2026\/06\/IMG_2807-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2026\/06\/IMG_2807-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2026\/06\/IMG_2807-301x401.jpg 301w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2026\/06\/IMG_2807-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Gus Hendrick, MD<\/h3>\n<p><strong>WakeMed Chief Resident\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"elementToProof\" role=\"presentation\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dr. Gus Hendrick grew up in Folsom, California and attended UCLA, where he majored in Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology. After UCLA, he worked as a Lab Manager at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, focusing on diet and the gut microbiome. Gus attended medical school at Dartmouth, where he was actively involved in the student clinic, serving as the GI clinic lead. He completed his residency in Internal Medicine at UNC and currently serves as the WakeMed Chief Resident. Following his chief year, he plans to pursue a fellowship in gastroenterology. Outside of medicine, Gus enjoys playing tennis and pickleball, cooking and grilling, playing guitar, biking, and watching college football<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-70857\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2026\/06\/IMG_2831-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Chip-Peterson\" width=\"240\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2026\/06\/IMG_2831-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2026\/06\/IMG_2831-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2026\/06\/IMG_2831-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2026\/06\/IMG_2831-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2026\/06\/IMG_2831-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2026\/06\/IMG_2831-301x401.jpg 301w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2026\/06\/IMG_2831-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Chip Peterson, MD<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Inpatient Chief Resident<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Dr. Charles &#8220;Chip&#8221; Peterson grew up in Pine Knoll Shores, North Carolina, the son of a marine ecologist, and was shaped early by a love of the water and a curiosity about the natural world. That love carried him to the highest levels of competitive swimming \u2014 he represented the United States as a member of the national open water team before bringing that same drive to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he swam collegiately and earned his undergraduate degree. He went on to complete medical school at UNC and began his postgraduate training in urology, before following his passion for whole-person care back to internal medicine. His journey through two specialties has given him a uniquely broad clinical lens, and his lifelong experience as an athlete informs the empathy and tenacity he brings to every patient relationship. Outside of work, he now enjoys estate sales, North Carolina pottery, UNC athletics and spending time inside and outside with his husband and two dogs.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n        \n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":112562,"featured_media":0,"parent":2493,"menu_order":49,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"layout":"","cellInformation":"","apiCallInformation":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"division-or-center":[],"class_list":["post-60788","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","odd"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Leadership, Faculty, Staff | Department of Medicine<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/education\/residency\/leadership\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Leadership, Faculty, Staff | Department of Medicine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/education\/residency\/leadership\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Department of Medicine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/UNCDeptMedicine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-06-16T20:32:54+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2022\/09\/IMG_9160-final-e1662734286767.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2547\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1100\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@uncdeptmedicine\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"32 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/education\/residency\/leadership\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/education\/residency\/leadership\/\",\"name\":\"Leadership, Faculty, Staff | Department of Medicine\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/education\/residency\/leadership\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/education\/residency\/leadership\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2022\/09\/IMG_9160-final-e1662734286767-300x130.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-08-24T18:53:16+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-06-16T20:32:54+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/education\/residency\/leadership\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/education\/residency\/leadership\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/education\/residency\/leadership\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2022\/09\/IMG_9160-final-e1662734286767.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2022\/09\/IMG_9160-final-e1662734286767.jpg\",\"width\":2547,\"height\":1100,\"caption\":\"The UNC family extends beyond residency. 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